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Tati Nickel Mine out of liquidation after court ruling

The High Court has taken Tati Nickel Mine out of provisional liquidation, dismissing a request for more time to negotiate with potential buyers, the liquidator, Nigel Dixon-Warrentold Mining Weekly publication on Wednesday.

Tati, a subsidiary of the liquidated BCLmine group, has since October 2016 been under provisional liquidation, which was twice extended after the liquidator asked for more time to pursue a deal with investors.

The High Court is said to have taken the company out of liquidation on Tuesday following the lapse of the last extension.

“The decision effectively places the company back into the control of the directors and this is highly prejudicial to the creditors,” Dixon-Warren reportedly told Reuters on Wednesday, continuing that; “The company was insolvent when it was placed under liquidation and it remains so now. Tati has no means to operate as a going concern.”

When it was placed under liquidation, Tati had incurred a cumulative loss of P1.6 billion ($165-million) and owed creditors P1 billion, with its former parent company BCL being the largest creditor at P800 million.

Dixon-Warren told the publications that he would urgently appeal the court’s decision to try to protect the creditors’ interest. It is further indicated that he said at least three companies had submitted indicative offers to buy Tati and he needed more time to conduct due diligence on them before asking them to submit firm offers.